How Deep is Your Love

Last night I was in 70s mellow Bee Gees heaven. The American Idol wannabes had the unfortunate task pf selecting from a list of over 600 songs penned by that cuddly/hairy Bee Gee Barry. These songs are so well known it’s hard not to sound like karaoke. During his mentoring sessions, I couldn’t help but imagine Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake as the brothers on SNL.

The budding singer’s song choices were baffling. Jordin sang two dreary overblown ballads and Blake used beat boxing to nauseating heights on two dance tracks. Where was the diversity? Not to mention the evil stylists were at it again. Jordin looked like she packed on 20 pounds on her behind. Her clothes are hugging her glorious curves at all the wrong angles. Melinda’s jeans were so damn tight I wouldn’t be surprised if she got a yeast infection and they were hanging low in the crotch despite hanging on for dear life to her thighs.

I thought I’d take another approach to blogging AI this week. I’m looking at what songs would be a great fit for the contestants.

Melinda

Homegirl is the resident professional. She’s consistent and thoughtful in her interpretations. I see her as a young Stephanie Mills or Natalie Cole. She needs to show more sassy contemporary personality. She could benefit from “This Will Be” by NCole and “Gravity” by John Mayer or tackling Mary J. Blige or Alicia Keys. Corinne Bailey Rae could fit as well.

Blake

We get it. You can beat box. The problem is figuring out what songs to beat box on and how often. Last night’s double dose seemed foolish and didn’t work like the previous week. He could benefit from a Maroon 5 song like “Harder to Breathe” or Jason Mraz.

LaKisha

She’s a great belter but needs a song that doesn’t call for shouting or over the top dramatics. I would take her to Motown or the great jazz stylings of Dinah Washington, Etta James or the new darling Amy Winehouse.

Jordin

She’s proven she’s up for anything but extremely fast tracks lose her. She’d be great at bringing a young spin to the great singer/songwriters of the 70s like Carly Simon, Carol King and my Idol James Taylor. These are pure well-written songs that would allow her to shine without taking her over.

What do you think?